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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-12944 Forum: forum and discussion locking
  3. MDL-55982

Add support for automatic locking of an individual forum discussion after a period of inactivity

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    • MOODLE_32_STABLE
    • MOODLE_32_STABLE
    • MDL-55982-master
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      1. Create new forums for each type
      2. Do not specify a value for locking discussions automatically
      3. Post in each forum
      4. Login as a student
        1. verify that you can reply to each of them (except news)
      5. Open your favourite SQL client and run: 

        UPDATE mdl_forum_discussions SET timemodified = timemodified - 86400;

        1. verify that you can still reply to each discussion of them (except news)
        2. actually post a reply and confirm that you can make it (except news)
      6. Re-run the SQL query
      7. As admin:
      8. Edit each of the forums to set a lockdiscussionsafter value of 1 day
        1. Verify that each of them (except single) shows that the discussion is archived but you still have the edit link and can reply
        2. actually post a reply and confirm that you can make it
      9. Re-run the SQL query
      10. As student:
        1. Verify that the Reply link is missing for all (except single)
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      Create new forums for each type Do not specify a value for locking discussions automatically Post in each forum Login as a student verify that you can reply to each of them (except news) Open your favourite SQL client and run: UPDATE mdl_forum_discussions SET timemodified = timemodified - 86400; verify that you can still reply to each discussion of them (except news) actually post a reply and confirm that you can make it (except news) Re-run the SQL query As admin: Edit each of the forums to set a lockdiscussionsafter value of 1 day Verify that each of them (except single) shows that the discussion is archived but you still have the edit link and can reply actually post a reply and confirm that you can make it Re-run the SQL query As student: Verify that the Reply link is missing for all (except single)

    Description

      When a forum discussion is inactive for a period, we should provide a mechanism for locking that discussion.

      This helps to ensure that old and irrelevant discussions are not brought re-opened when a new discussion would better suit the purpose.

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          has a non-specific relationship to

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-59736 Display discussionlocked string as notification

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed
          will help resolve

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MOBILE-1831 Support locked discussions in the Mobile app

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed

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              dobedobedoh Andrew Lyons
              dobedobedoh Andrew Lyons
              Juan Leyva Juan Leyva
              Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)
              Adrian Greeve Adrian Greeve
              Adrian Greeve, Ilya Tregubov, Kevin Percy, Mathew May, Mihail Geshoski, Shamim Rezaie
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                Resolved:
                5/Dec/16